Radiator shield



Dec. 9, 1924- 1,519,011

' SQHWARTZ RADIATOR SHIELD Filed Oct. 2., 1922 Patented Dec. 9, lgiii.

llfiltttti OTTO. SCHWARTZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RADIATOR SHIELD.

Application filed October 2, 1922.

To all whom it may concern .1

Be itdniown that I, Orro SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and 1111 proved Radiator Shield, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to means adapted to be placed back of and oversteam and hot water radiators which are used for heating the rooms ofdwellings, stores, and other ediflees, which means Wlll protect thewalls, draperies and decorations immediately above or adjoining suchradiators from the dust which normally rises with the heated currents ofair from such radiator, and this invention consists in the novel detailsof const-ruction illustrated in the accompanying portion of the shieldwith the cover removed.

Fig. at is a perspective view of the securing device for this radiatorshield.

Similar reference characters refer tov like parts throughout the severalviews.

The radiator shown in the drawing is of ordinary construction andconsists of a series of connected sections 1 and 2, the latter beingformed with supporting legs 3. The radiator shield consists of a back,two end brackets, a deflector, a dust trough, a cover and a pair ofsecuring devices. The back of this shield consists of a sheet 4 havingside flanges 5 which are of less height than the sheet 41-. Secured tothe sheet t is a curved deflector 6 held in position by means of thedouble fold 13 in the sheet at between the layers of which the loweredge of this deflector maybe gripped Secured to the upper end of theback are the side brackets 8 which preferably have inwardly turned topflanges 10. Screws 1-1 and 12 secure these brackets to the sheett andside flanges 5 of the back.

The brackets '8 are formed with notches 14 at their front endsto'receivethe support.

ing lips 15 of a trough 16, preferably formed of an integral sheet ofmetal. The bottom of the trough and the endsl'i' are continuous SerialNo. 591,813.

with the lips as shown in Fig. 3. This trough 16 is adapted to be liftedout of the notches 14: in the side brackets and emptied. As it is ofsheet metal it may easily be disinfected, or it may be filled with adisinfecting solution, or it may contain spongy material which hasabsorbed at disinfecting. solution.

The top 19 has end'flauges 20 and longitudinal flanges 21 which extenddown over the upper edge of the back plate 4c, over the side brackets 8and down in front of the upper part or the trough 16, as indicated inFig. 2. This top is preferably freely removable. side brackets 8 aresecuring devices, each consisting of a plate 24 adapted to be secured toa sidebracket byfmeans of screws 25 which pass through the slot 26 inthis plate 24. The arms 27 extend inwardly from this plate 24: and theirinner ends are connected by means of the cross bar 28. The arms 27 havedepressed portions 29 which .are adapted to fit in between adjacentsections of the radiator and are slotted to re ceive the U-bolt 30 whichextends around the bosses of adjacent radiator sections. lVhen the nuts33 are screwed down, these U-bolts will secure the side brackets Sfirmly to the radiator and thus hold the shield in position.

The heated air which rises between and back of the radiator sections isconfined by the back plate 4 and passes out tosoine ex tent diagonallyforward between the verti cal portions of the sections. That portion otthe heated air which strikes the deflector 6 also passes forward. Thedustwhich impinges on the deflector 6 slides along the lower side of thetop until it reaches the front of the trough 16 where a cushion ofheated air is produced, 'sufiicient to check the forward movement of theair and cause a large portion of the dust to settle in the trough 16.

The deflector 6 extending below the top 19 prevents this top frombecoming overheated. If desired, the deflector 6 (Fig. may be made quiteshort to permit the heated air to flow along the lower surface of thetop 19. This deflector, instead of being secured to the back sheet bythe fold 18, may be sef cured to the back 4 by means of screws 7.

The other details and proportions of this" radiator shield may also bechanged by those Attached to the inner sides of the llU skilled in theart to adapt this shield to radiators of different heights, Widths, andlengths, without departing from the spirit of m invention. as set forthin the following c aims.

1. A radiator shield comprising a back plate, side brackets attached tothe upper end of the back plate, a curved deflector attached to theupper end of the back plate and curving forwardly, a dust trough mountedat the front ends of the brackets, a cover extending 'over the top ofthe dust trough and side brackets, and means to se- 1 cure the shield toa radiator comprising inbrackets whereby the brackets may be rigidlysecured to the radiator.

2. A radiator shield embodying a back, a top and side plates, and meansto attach the shield to aradiator comprising inwardly extending membersattached to :the side plates and U-bolts engaging portions of theradiator and passing through said inwardly extending members.

OTTO SCHWARTZ;

